CONTENTS 



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Broadcast burning 



Annual or periodic burning of litter 

 Fire-lines 



Roads .... 

 Trails .... 

 Special fire-lines 

 Location of fire-lines 

 Artificial fire obstructions 

 Supervision and patrol . 

 Aids to supervision and patn 

 Supervision of small tracts 

 Super\'ision of large tracts 

 Patrol along railroads 

 The methods of fighting fires 

 Quick access to fires 

 An adequate force of fighters 

 Proper equipment for fighting fires 

 Organization of the fighting crew 

 Methods of fighting surface fires 

 Methods of fighting ground fires 

 Methods of fighting crown fires 

 Back-firing .... 

 Patrol after a fire is extinguished 



Chapter \'III. — Protection from Other Inj 

 Agencies 



Protection from Insects 

 Death of trees 

 Injury to trees 

 Injury to reproduction 

 Control of insects 

 Protection from fungous diseases 

 Protection against other agencies 



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